| Date: | Friday 3 May 1985 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-134A |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Estonia |
| Registration: | CCCP-65856 |
| MSN: | 23253 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18548 hours |
| Cycles: | 12306 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 79 / Occupants: 79 |
| Other fatalities: | 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Zolochiv -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL/EETN) |
| Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO/UKLL) |
The Tupolev 134, descending for Lvov, collided with an Air Force Antonov 26 (101 red) which had just taken off from Lvov.
The head-on collision occurred at an altitude of FL130
PROBABLE CAUSE: Violations of air traffic control rules by the civil approach and the military controllers due to misidentification of the location of both aircraft in the area of the navigational station.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Aviation Disasters / D. Gero
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